Malai Kitchen, the beloved Thai-Vietnamese restaurant in Uptown, recently became an elder sibling. Executive Chef Braden Wages and wife/business partner, Yasmin, formally opened their second location in Southlake on January 31...

Wine once carried the reputation as an expensive luxury for an aristocratic set, but these days it's considered a favorite wind-down for a slightly more diverse population. That doesn't seem likely to change anytime soon; in fact, a recent study claims that Millennials account for 42 percent of all the wine drunk in America in 2015, more than any other vintage, er, generation....

Malai Kitchen offers a fresh, innovative take on the traditional Southeastern Thai cuisine. The menu is a fusion of Malai's take on traditional Thai and Vietnamese favorites, as well as the house specialties unique to the restaurant....

Chef Braden Wages and his wife Yasmin have been busy. This past Sunday, Malai Kitchen Southlake opened its doors, and it's a real stunner. At the new location, the Wages have expanded the brewing program, added a manual sugarcane juicer, and a menu with plenty of familiar favorites.

It's not a huge surprise when a new Thai restaurant is a good spot for vegetarians. But the new Malai Kitchen in Southlake is more interesting than most...

After a few soft-opening services, the Southlake location of Malai Kitchen opened Sunday, and let's just say it was busy. This is the second location of the upscale Thai-Vietnamese restaurant; the original, in Dallas' West Village, opened exactly five years earlier. Here's a quick, non-review look at what we encountered on a Sunday-evening visit...

Mango Sticky Rice Smash at Malai Kitchen ... this dessert looks like it'd be right at home on Gilligan's Island. Sticky rice, sweet coconut custard, ripe mango and crispy rice are stacked inside a coconut shell, which is perched on top of fresh coconut dust, a byproduct of their in-house coconut milking process...

The best sandwiches don't necessarily have lines around the block. There are best-kept secrets from coast to coast. These are 10 sandwiches you probably never heard of, should make a trip for, snap an Instagram of and eat at least once in your life...

Eggs Benedict seen 'em. Thai Eggs Benedict? That sounds a little more interesting. At Malai Kitchen, made-from-scratch coconut biscuits are piled with shrimp, Thai basil, spinach and Thai chile hollandaise served with cheesy rice grits, the perfect intersection of Thai and Texan...

After a day of shopping at West Village, take your packages and what's left of your money and head over to Malai Kitchen for their happy hour. Monday-Friday from 4pm-7pm, you can nosh on $5 bites like grilled satay, spicy edamame and Vietnamese meatballs. Malai Kitchen mixes some of the best cocktails in the village, and they have a sampling of their finest on the happy hour menu. You can't go wrong with a Lemongrass Fizz or the Mekong Mule - they are light and refreshing and hit the spot. Go back to Malai Kitchen for their Sunday brunch and enjoy their all day happy hour.